Daily Republican., 1887-03-30
HONEST PArRro ri,ss.

1 - ~ 8AV 11As
You have seen so,netbinp In IN,
papers about the coast defenses Thu
idea has somehow GOT abroad TIA, ~, -,
coasts ought 10 be lined with forts and
guns as a warning 10 Eurone againa,
declaring war arainst us acme NOR
ing before eskfsst Engineers hav,
surveyed and reported and Tho Coz
gressional Committees have sst ana
reported, and for about az, ono mo IN" ns
can get things in such shane that when
the encmy's frat iron. clad hcnves H.
sight she can be saluted in nrona,
| style. rop''
A lot of us were sitting in the DEM,
waiting. room at Trenton and The opiv
man who had a Newspaper was read
ing away for dear life. when n stran.
ger entered with two satcheis and .
tall girl, chuckeJ The b,ggaue under a
seat, waved the Girl to sno,her and
walked up to the man with the rows
paper and aakcd. w.
"Misier ia thcra arv,h;rc !, ,ho
paper about our cosst dcisnses,"
aNo. siri" was the crnif renlv
uTh.i's s;r~,i.r swa ,h.y ,,,u,u
nm the idea d1 vor ,h;nLw e
"T don't KNOX, vhat vor me.n s;- -
"You don't, WHY thev,ve hoe,
talking for the last year .i;ont hni,d'
ing forts to protect our coasts I live
down near the month of Toms river
and rather exnect they'll bni,d a h;o
fort there. The way things are now
England, France or Germany could
declare war against us and land q
force at Toms river before we had
our eyes open. They'd land right on
my farm, and nobody knows the dam.
age they'd do. Don't sec anything
about a fort at Toms river, chr"
mo, SIR
"Well. that's singular. II this gov.
eminent expects me to go down be
hind rock with my old shut gun and
keep Europe from landing at thai
point it's expecting lectlc too much
of one man. I'd fight to the death, o
course, but the chances are that hui
navy could lick one nigh sighted man
So tho paper don't say anything ?"
"Didn't tell you no in the frs,
placed"
"Say! mebbe you don't care cop
| per about coast defcnses!S exclaimed
the two.satchel man as red spot ap
| peared on either cheek.
"Nota copper, sir!"
| II thought SO from the start! YOU
| live out In Michigan or Indiana or Hi
nois, and arc tucked away in som,
boiler where the sheriff can't find va.
| let alone An invader al o,,r sacred ale
o, no, YOU don't keerln
Es,Iorps oh;daJ H. al, ~, H.,
half rose. nm, no tnrnaJ "n h a. n ~ ON
MARY vor keen shati pva a,,,,,
,bonaht;f Enrone dsc,araa r v0 a an;.
no wa have nlantv of anom;os r;g ~
at home and here's , case 10 nrous I,
Stranger Aid Won A. In ,ho To-, ia 49,,
"None n vonr business s;rp
uThare,s SIs nron ha,J raa,,.
sa;a tho twn-satrhai ,man ~ Nv ,,ea,
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who don,t taor how s you n .ho nj, n'a u
nS 1 o' nv" soon 'ho nun y
hove fornd ! man 49, S Az. ~ ,,'
hone. oS Wosh;rc,or ana soS, ~ 81, up u" !
| iunk man fnr er "
The man With tho n.vsn.n.- laid |;
down oo, on h,s foe, o anS asS.a ia', ~,
o,har ho A m",,,d an anu . .a,seu 'h'
m;rnte ~ e'ep '"'No'
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MI. ~ i R ns" WIN no una
~ III c u .,,ssT ~ sno '.s' war. n
amv,h;r ~ a.. . na.o ~ ~ 'noie wa
S nfoa.adS ;, :" INC Paper aoou' our co''S
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uM nu YOU ss'1 you o'o' Aeef
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w.;,a is ny manu- agih geh'icneh
m mnie ! ~ iylng oenino roGk u
Ss ilfel, "A,ung 10 sen NY ne l
aeiencc Vi ny CVun 'ey, heres a ielie
,run' Noon tioler, o'ate OF Indiana
VINO o3n keer T. coopeI's copper nov
9uIck lu rope Nyers me size OF Ne'
Jersey Win INC oiooo OF our braves
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